Colgate-Palmolive Company
Title
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
December 5, 2018
Alternative Title or Name
Toilet Articles Building
Creator
Albert Kahn, Inc.
Creator2
Hedrich Blessing Studio (Photographer)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
rooms and spaces
Date
c. 1951
Work Location
Kansas (state)
Kansas City (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Modern (style or period)
Subject
laboratories
factories (structures)
interior views
Description
Interior view of laboratory at Colgate-Palmolive Company in Kansas City, KS, designed by Albert Kahn Associates c. 1951. “The big structure, with a frontage of 365 feet and a width of 165 feet, has a floor area of 19,000 square feet … Constructed at a cost of $4,000,000, the plant continues the company’s expansion program started here after World War II,”—The New York Times, Friday, October 12, 1951.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
b/w photograph:
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-AK-CPP3004
- Date Added
- November 13, 2018
- Collection
- Albert Kahn Collection
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- factories, laboratories, plants
- Citation
- “Colgate-Palmolive Company,” LTU Digital Images, accessed April 18, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/17893.